Kashmiri leaders rebuff abhorrent suggestions
SRINAGAR: The Indian Muslim clergy which pitchforked itself in the Kashmiri crisis was in for a rebuff by the Kashmiri separatist leadership for their suggestions to deal with the dispute.
The powerful Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, body of Deobandi clerics, at its Kashmir conference at Deoband on Sunday apart from stating that Kashmir was an integral part suggested that the issue be resolved within the parameters of the Indian constitution.
The stand 'abhorrent' to the Kashmir separatists was pooh- poohed by both the hard-line as well the moderate leaders of the conglomerate, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and the pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
The hard-line separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani who is in the vanguard of the over four-month-long pro-independence unrest in Kashmir which has claimed 110 lives and left hundreds wounded, trashed the suggestion saying
the conference had ignored the root cause of the problem which had raised questions over the bonafides of the conference itself.
The conference should have taken into consideration the pledges made by Indian leadership to allow the people of Kashmir decide their future- a fact even been acknowledged by the international community, he added.
We dont agree with the suggestion that Kashmir issue be resolved within the frame work of the Indian constitution, the moderate APHC chairman, Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq said.
There are three parties to the dispute, India, Pakistan and Kashmiris. All the three parties have to be involved to find a solution to the problem.
The issue which has been a subject of several UN resolutions cannot be resolved within the Indian constitution, Mirwaiz told Arab News.
"I appeal to the Indian Muslims not to get involved about the political part of the Kashmir problem as we fully understand their limitations, pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) front chairman Yasin Malik said.
The separatist leadership, however, thanked the clerics for having raised their voice against the human rights violations and for demanding revocation of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
Another Muslim organization, Anjum Minhaj-e-Rasool has also pleaded for the resolution of the problem under the Indian constitution and asked the government to take immediately conciliatory measures to mollify the anger of Kashmiri people rather than using repressive force.
The chairman of the Anjuman, Athar Hussain Dehlvi also demanded the revocation of the AFSPA.
Kashmiri leaders rebuff ?abhorrent? suggestions - Arab News